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PAPER WINDING DEVICE. No. 423,448. I a Patenteylar. 1 1890.

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PAPER WINDING DEVICE.

No. 428,448. Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

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PAPER-wlNDlNc DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION lforming part of Letters Patent No. 423,448, dated March 18, 1890. Applicatiouled June'lS, 1889. Serial No. 314,731. .(No model.)

used for this purpose it is usual to have a` number of rolls journaled in a large revoluble frame, so that the rolls can be brought into position to wind up the paper one after mechanism for actuating the clutchat will.-

the other, and lled rolls removed While others are being filled. Trouble, delay, and waste occur in changing the web from one roll to the other, and my invention has for its object to facilitate the change of the web from one roll to the other and to render the operation more nearly automatic than heretofore. This I accomplish by'combining a revolving frame with a number of Windingdrums secured around its periphery, and having spurwheels attached totheir shafts,.a spur wheel arrangedl to engage and drive the gears on the rolls as they come into proper position, a system of gearing arranged to actuate and rotate the frame, a driving-shaft, a clutch arranged to connect the said driving-shaft with the mechanism'for actuating the frame, and

Preferably, I Yemploy in addition a stop or catch to hold the clutch engaged and a disengaging device actuated by the mechanism for rotating the frame, as will be hereinafter described, andin the drawings I have illustrated my improved device as embodied in the most simple and eective form and the one I believe to be the best.

AReference being had to the drawings in which my invention is illustrated as aforeend view on the section-line of Fig. l and not including the frame and paper-rolls supported upon it, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation ofthe clutch and mechanism immediately controlling and affecting it.

A is the frame of the machine A', the central shaft or axle supporting revolving frame B.

C C, &c., are the ,rolls on which the paper is wound, O C', &c., being spur-wheels attached to the shafts of these rolls.

D is a spur-pinion secured on a shaft D and driven by a pulley D2, situated on said shaft. This is the system of gearing for driv-v ing the paper-rolls as they come in to position. -To facilitate the engagement of the pinion D with the pinion C', the shaft D is represented "as ysustained at one end on a pivotal bearing cl2, While at the other end itis secured in a slot supported on the' frame A and held in position by a spring d, which permits it to .yield in case the teeth of the spurvvheels do -not engage properly When they come together.

E is a wheel secured on the supportingshaft A of the frame. As shown, it is provided with beveled teeth, which engage with a bevelwhe'el E', secured on the end of 'a shaft E2, on which shaft a Worm-Wheel E3 is also secured, so as to engage with the Worm E4 on counter-shaft E5. Y l

G is a driving-shaft, and G a driving-pnl#b ley situated on said shaft, F and F representing thetwo parts of a clutch arranged to connect the driving-shaft-G with the 'countershaft E5. As shown, the clutch is of the familiar type of frictional gearing, and the shaft `Gr is secured at one end in a pivotal bearing G2, and at its other end in a sliding block G3, supported on parallel bars H Il', the ends of which are secured in strong supporting-blocks II I-I. By this construction the part F of the clutch can be moved to engage with or disengage from the part F.

The mechanism for actuating the 4clutch illustrated in the drawings is simple, and I have found it in practice very efficient. It consists of a togglejoint made up of links I I, pivoted together at the center with one of the free ends pivoted to the block G3 and the other end to a support H, as shown. An actuating-link I is attached to the center of the toggle and its other end connected with a lever J 2, attachedto an actuating-rod J J being an actuating-lever also being connected With the said rod or shaft J and by which it is actuated. It is of course evident that by moving the lever J the clutch F F will be en# Y gaged or disengaged in accordance with the direction in which the lever is moved, and it is also evident from a glance at the drawings that Whenever the clutch F F is engaged the.

motion of the driving-shaft G is communicated to the counter-shaft F and through the system of gearing described to the revolving frame B', so as -to bring the paper-rolls into'engagement with the driving-pinion D-'in turn.

In order to relieve the operator ofl the necessityof manipulating the clutch so as to bring eachl paper-roll to properposition and then stop the motion of the frame,I employ l mechanism consistingof` a catch,which holds tion of the. frame has beenl accomplished. AsA shown= in the drawings, a lever J 3 is attached the clutchtogether, and a disengagingdevice, which, releases the said catch and throws the clutch out of gearas soon as the desired moto the shaft J and provided with av counter- Weight K, the lever and Weight being so arranged astoact normally to keep the clutch disengaged.v In theV surface of the Wheel E,

I form. a cam-.path consisting of the plain cyturns.1 In properguides attached to the-framelindrical. surface of thewheel and a number of holes e, having abrupt faces in the direction 'in which the wheel turns and tapered faces. in the direction from which the wheel of the machine I secure a rod L, the, upper endl L of which travels in the cam-path before referred toon the wheel E, bein gof a` size which, permits it to pass into theholes formed f on the wheel, and which holes I should state 4O` are; equall in number toand symmetrical in arrangement with the windin g-d-rums securedk upony the frame. A spring M is employed to hold the rod Lin contact with the camfpath ofthe surface of the wheel E. Pivoted at n,

on, the frame of the `machine, issecured a bent v lever-N havin-fr a catch or hook n at one end the driving-shaft G with the mechanism de-v whileits other end n2 is engaged by the rod L bypassing through a perforation in it at L2, so that as the rod moves up and down thebent lever turns. on its pivotal support og, and its hooked end is made to move toward and away from the`end of the lever Jl with which it isin line.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The operator desiring to bring a new roll into position movesthe clutch-actuating shaft J as,for instance, by placing his foot upon the lever J. The shaft J in rotating causes the lever J2 tov movedown and through the link I 6o straightening out the toggleflinks I I, pressing the Yclutch F F together, and connecting scribed for rotating the frame. y Thelever J 3,

with its counter-weight, is of course thrown upward as the shaft rotates. As the motion ofthe'driving-shaft is communicated to the revolving frame, the wheel E, of course, re-

volves, and in revolving pressesV the rod L' downward, the sloping side of the` hole e acting upon 4it gradually until itis pressedout and rests upon the cylindrical periphery of the wheel. As the rod is pressed down, it

causes the bent lever N to move upon its pivot n, as before described, and the hooked end n of said lever passes beneath the end of the lever J3, so as tol engage and retain it in its upward position. All this takes place in a kvery short space of time, and the operator can now remove his foot from the lever J without releasing the clutch, which is held in position by the clutch. on lever N acting through the mechanism by which the clutch is actuated. When the wheel E is rotatedV so that another hole e in its cam-path registerswiththe end of the` rod L, said rod will spring over the abru'ptA edge-,of the hole,v mQvingrapidlyupwar-fd and causing thebent, lever end to. move with it,so as. to. release the end of theiweightedle- Ver J3, which immediately fallsdowmrotatigng theishaft J, and through thelever Jfandlink I causing the toggle to move upward and pullv the twor parts of the clutch apart, thus `disengaging the driving-shaft G from the mechanism for driving the frame.

The mechanism shown` and above described is, as I have already saidhthe-y simplest and' best which Ii have devisedfforcarrying invention intoy eec-t. I do not, however,l wish tobe understoodas limiting my claim tothe specificfarrangementsof mechainsmf-` shown except Wherefsuch,limitations are clear-ly eX tion, a system. of gearing arranged toy rotate` the frame,a,driving`lshaft, a clutch arranged to connectfthe driving-shaftv and the systemI of gearing arranged to rotate the frame, and

i mechanism for actuating the clutch` at will, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

2. In a machinefor windingpaper, arevolving frame having'a number of rolls. for paper or Winding-drums secured around its periphery, and having spur-wheels attached to,-their shafts, in combination with a spur-Wheel ar,

ranged to -engage and drive the spur-Wheels on the rolls as each comes -into proper position, a system of gearingarranged to. rotate the frame, a driving-shaft, a clutch'arranged to connect the .drivingfshaft andthe system of gearing arranged torotatetheframegnech-l anism for-engaging the clutch, a stop to hold theclutch engaged, and a` device forfdisengaging the clutch actuatedbythe mechanism for rotating the frame, substantially as and'. for the purpose specified.

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l 423,448 v e 3. In a machine for Winding paper, a revolving frame'having a vnumber of rolls forpaper secured around its periphery, and having spur- Wheels attached to their shafts, in combination with a spur-wheel arranged to engage and drive the `spur-Wheels on the rolls as they l come into proper position, a Wheel E, secured upon the central shaft of the frame and hav.-

,ing cam-surfaces e e, &c., formed on its Vsur-y face and arranged to correspond in number andarrangement with the paper-rolls or Winding-drums on the frame, a system'of gearing` arranged to rotate the frame and having a friction-wheel F on its mainshaft, a movable drivn'g-shaft'G, having a friction-Wheel F', secured upon it so as to engage the correspond-k ing Wheel F when moved toward it, a system of levers for moving the friction-Wheel F, a catch-lever J 3, secured to a shaft for actuating the lever system, a stop-rod L, secured in zo gage the catch-lever J 3 when thrown up, and 25 a Weight or its equivalent arranged on the lever system aforesaid and acting to force the friction-wheels apart when the stop-lever J 3 is disengaged from catch N, all substantially as and forthe purpose specified. Y

THOS. H. SAVERY.

Witnesses:

RICHARD P. PIM,

S. P. SAVERY. 

